Stevenage: 2017-8 Season Details
For the first time since promotion from the Blue Square Premier in 2010, the 2017-8 League Two campaign was the fourth season on the spin that Boro’ had competed at the same level. Of course, two of the three preceding seasons had raised hopes of promotion and a return to League One.
After a disappointing end to the 2016-7 campaign, Darren Sarll‘s men were looking to build on some solid foundations and put themselves in the promotion frame come May 2018. The start was fairly solid, to be fair, but things went south as the weather turned colder. Suddenly, Boro’ were looking over their shoulders.
A few big wins here and there wasn’t enough for Sarll to keep his job, and in came Dino Maamria after sterling work at Nuneaton Town to steady the ship in National League North; Boro’ finishing comfortably safe, but well off the pace they would have very much hoped to have kept early doors. Nonetheless, you could well say key lessons had been learned over the course of the campaign.
Full 2017-8 Details:
Most Appearances: Danny Newton - 50
Top Goalscorer: Danny Newton – 16
2017-8 Boro' Rollcall
| Name | Pld | Gls | YC | RC | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Amos | 14 (2) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Beautyman | 12 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Dean Bowditch | 2 (4) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Conlon | 5 (14) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| Chris Day | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| James Ferry | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Field | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fraser Franks | 23 (9) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Joe Fryer | 32 (0) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| Andronicos Georgiou | 0 (6) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Johnny Goddard | 9 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Matt Godden | 41 (3) | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Gorman | 17 (8) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Jamie Gray | 0 (9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ronnie Henry | 45 (0) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthur Iontton | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Johnson | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Kennedy | 26 (11) | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom King | 20 (0) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack King | 34 (3) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Leslie | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin Lokko | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Joe Martin | 45 (0) | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark McKee | 24 (5) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Danny Newton | 41 (9) | 16 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Charley O'Keefe | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Pett | 29 (5) | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Alex Revell | 12 (0) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Samuel | 12 (16) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Ben Sheaf | 8 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Jonathan Smith | 40 (3) | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| Dylan Switters | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin Toner | 5 (4) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Blair Turgott | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Terence Vancooten | 21 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| Luke Wade-Slater | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Charlie Wakefield | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Whelpdale | 23 (9) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Joe White | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Luke Wilkinson | 28 (5) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| Ben Wilmot | 14 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Kyle Wootton | 5 (6) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Key:
- Apps = Appearances (Substitute Appearances)
- Gls = Goals Scored
- YC = Yellow Cards
- RC = Red Cards
- US = Unused Subs
2017-8 Sky Bet League Two Table
| Pl | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 29 | 6 | 11 | 76 | 46 | 30 | 93 |
| 2 | Luton Town | 46 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 94 | 46 | 48 | 88 |
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 79 | 60 | 19 | 84 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 46 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 64 | 54 | 10 | 80 |
| 5 | Notts County | 46 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 71 | 48 | 23 | 77 |
| 6 | Coventry City | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 64 | 47 | 17 | 75 |
| 7 | Lincoln City | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 64 | 48 | 16 | 75 |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 67 | 52 | 15 | 72 |
| 9 | Swindon Town | 46 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 67 | 65 | 2 | 68 |
| 10 | Carlisle United | 46 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 62 | 54 | 8 | 67 |
| 11 | Newport County | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 56 | 58 | -2 | 64 |
| 12 | Cambridge United | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 56 | 60 | -4 | 64 |
| 13 | Colchester United | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 53 | 52 | 1 | 62 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 58 | 66 | -8 | 59 |
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 17 | 5 | 24 | 62 | 75 | -13 | 56 |
| 16 | Stevenage | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 60 | 65 | -5 | 55 |
| 17 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 67 | 73 | -6 | 51 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 42 | 66 | -24 | 51 |
| 19 | Yeovil Town | 46 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 59 | 75 | -16 | 48 |
| 20 | Port Vale | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 49 | 67 | -18 | 47 |
| 21 | Forest Green Rovers | 46 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 54 | 77 | -23 | 47 |
| 22 | Morecambe | 46 | 9 | 19 | 18 | 41 | 56 | -15 | 46 |
| 23 | Barnet | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 46 | 65 | -19 | 46 |
| 24 | Chesterfield | 46 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 47 | 83 | -36 | 38 |